#1 Wierdest Phone Call I Have Ever Received

Transcript (Addis Ababa, Sat April 9, 2004)
Phone rings...
David Peterson: Hello, David speaking.
Pause
Mysterious Stranger: Hello?
DP: Hello?
MS: Hello.
DP: (slightly exasperatedly) Yes, hello...
Another pause
MS: (somewhat nervously) Hello. I would like to introduce myself. Would you like to be my telephone friend?
Stunned silence
DP: Uh, no.
Confused silence
MS: No?
DP: No.
MS: No?
DP: (attempting to cross the language barrier) Aye! (means 'No' in Amharic)
MS: Aye?
DP: (emphatically) Aye, NO!
MS: Oh. Goodbye.
DP: Good...
Click...
DP: ...bye.